Chinese military exports to other countries

Chinese Made Wing Loong Crashed in Pakistan.

Was it mechanical or electrical failure?

no word the fact that the Pakistani AF even had it was a surprise.

I guess it is part of an evaluation of a possible buy or local production.

Likey local buy. The Pakistanis have from time to time been partial to Drones as they allowed access and intelligence gathering as well as strikes in their favor against agitators in the northern tribal belts where Pak forces have trouble due to cultural differences. The US drone program in the same area often had to "Pay the Rent" So to speak by feeding intel or taking strikes against Pakistani targets of interest. This series of Drones is roughly in the same class as Reaper meaning that It could have been being looked at to do the same. The Fact that it was an unknown may indicate that the Pakistani government was looking to keep it under the radar and use the US drone program as cover for any strikes or operation.

Blackstone said:

Was it mechanical or electrical failure?

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or operator mistakes ?

Thailand to buy three Chinese-built submarines

Thai Deputy Premier Prawit Wongsuwan confirmed on Friday that Thailand will buy three Chinese-built submarines for a combined price of one billion U.S. dollars.


The Thai navy's proposal to procure the three Yuan-class S26T subs from China has been put on hold since last year by the deputy premier who is concurrently defense minister.


Now that Gen Prawit has given his nod, the navy will use its fiscal 2017 budget amounting to some 333 million U.S. dollars to buy the first Chinese sub next year with the two others to follow over the next few years.


The deputy premier said the navy will only pay for the Chinese subs on instalment basis which will span a ten-year's time from next year.


The Yuan-class S26T sub is a derivative, export version of the Yuan-class 039A sub deployed by the Chinese navy and is fitted with an air-independent propulsion as an auxiliary system to a regular diesel-electric power.

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Coup in Turkey, a NATO country; wondering about the missile deal...

Missile deal was scrapped.

TerraN_EmpirE said:

Missile deal was scrapped.

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Forget about the missile deal, will never happen. The current Turkish president is a dictator, could be a good thing happening.